Anna's 10 Gallon Nano Garden

[blueridgereef]

Tank was setup on 02-20-10​

Equipment:
Whisper in-tank power filter 10i
Whisper in-tank power filter ?small model from <04?
Marineland stealth pro heater 100watts
Coralife 50/50 10watt PCs x2​

Corals:
LPS-
Frogspawn x2 heads
Candy Cane Coral x2 heads​

SOFTIES-
mushroom x1 polyp
paly x2 verities
zoas x6 verities
green star polyp, 1 1/2 x1 1/2 inch-ish square
pulsing xenia x1 stalk​

CUC:
snails x3ish
hermit crabs x5ish
scarlet reef hermit x1​

Fish:
Percula Clownfish x1​

 

[blueridgereef]

click on the pictures for bigger versions, i can't figure out how to re-size:neutral:

Preping Tank
The kit[ended up only using the hood and tank]-

preping it-
w/news paper[to avoid getting paint everywhere!!]

w/out news paper-all done!

 

[blueridgereef]

The tank in march, 2010-
FTS-

zoas/palys-


the perc. clown[Nemo-my little sis named him ]

 

[blueridgereef]

The tank in April, 2010-
FTS

lower middle of tank

upper middle of tank

nemo-


Don't mind the nem, it's gone now....no more impulse buys for me, lol!!
Just got the xenia and candy canes last night, so once they settle in, I'll try to get some pictures and upload them:squigglemouth::angel:.
The Aqua-scape:
I really liked this[masterbuilder - Featured Reef Profiles - Nano-Reef.com] tank, so I ended up modeling it after 1/2 of that aquascape. The idea behind the choices of corals and the way I've done the rockwork is taking the 'underwater garden' that a reef tank essentially is, and empasising it by making it look like a traditional out-back-off-the-patio garden I've grown up with.

 

[inactive]

Looks like a great start Anna!!

 

[Alucard]

Sweet, nice clown

 

[akabryanhall]

Nice, Glad to see you made it over to R2R!

 

[blueridgereef]

Nice, Glad to see you made it over to R2R!

yup.
geez, i haven't updated in ages! new tank stats:

Equipment:

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Whisper in-tank power filter 10i
Koralia Nano x1
Marineland stealth pro heater 100watts
Coralife 50/50 10watt PCs x2 ​

Corals:
LPS-
Hammer x2 heads
Green torch x3 heads​

Purple torch x3 heads

SOFTIES-
mushroom x3 varities[1 polyp each]
paly x3 varities[Pink haze, green flame and toxic green]
zoas x4 varities
green star polyp, 1 1/2 x3 inch-ish square
Colt coral x3 stalks
Yellow polyps x4ish polyps
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CUC:
snails x3ish
hermit crabs x5ish ​

Fish:
Percula Clownfish x1​

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More LPS are in the works, I'm talking to different people about getting duncan, sun coral, aussie acan and frogspawn. i'm also toying with the idea of getting a yellow coral goby from reefs2go. If I can remember I'll try and post up some pics of the tank, it looks so much fuller now

 

[Thesmallerthebetter]

great looking start id love to see those updates

 

[Alpha Aquaculture]

Nice start for sure. Be careful with the stealth heater I have had problems with those overheating, maybe a digital thermometer to monitor temps? So your using 20 total watts? Have to ever thought about upgrading to a bigger light? I bet the corals would appreciate more light. Please keep us updated

 

[jimmyzshack]

Hey, i had the same bulbs on my nano. In case you ever want to up the lighting i bought 2 of these instead of the 50/50 Amazon.com: Finnex 26W Blue White Energy Saving Coral Plant Refugium Bulb: Kitchen & Dining they will give you 52 watts. They are whiter than the 50/50 though.